Aardwolf
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Yes, it has been done at several safari parks - I’ve worked that mix myself
Mixed species exhibit ideas
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I have seen a successful Celebes crested macaque and Lion tailed macaque mix with calmer, older individuals.
I have seen mixes of Celebes Crested Macaque and Tonkean Macaque, as well as Japanese Macaque and American Mink.
pichu
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i would think that the macaques would target the mink
It worked out fine for many years at Milwaukee. It was discontinued when the mink died of natural causes.
Many birds and some mammals or turtles. If you have a list it would be easier to point out any species that couldn't go together
I've seen them mixed with a variety of different birds, as well as some chelonians and fishes.
Here's all the species I've seen mixed with Australian Wood Duck:
Omaha: White-winged Dove, Star Finch, Speckled Mousebird, Cape Thick-Knee, Southern Red Bishop, Northern Red Bishop, Yellow-crowned Bishop, Chestnut Weaver, Hooded Oriole, Scott's Oriole, Gambel's Quail, Salvadori's Weaver, Yellow-billed Duck, Cape Teal, Hottentot Teal, Chestnut Teal, Cinnamon Teal, various African cichlids
Blank Park: Pond Slider, Speckled Mousebird, Crested Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon, Green-naped Pheasant-Pigeon, Victoria Crowned-Pigeon, Ringed Teal, Hooded Pitta, Sunbittern, White-bellied Go-Away-Bird, Scarlet-chested Parrot, Silver-eared Mesia, Gray-capped Emerald Dove, Pink Pigeon, Rothschild's Pheasant-Pigeon, Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Chinese Bamboo-Partridge, White-cheeked Turaco
Disney's Animal Kingdom Park: Plumed Whistling-Duck
Haliaeetus
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I don't see any interest in a macaque / mink mixed exhibit. The latter would be too elusive to be noticed by the visitors, and would be scared by the monkeys, plus health issues.
Additionnally no mink species would be suitable, from an European point of view. The European species is critically endangered and subject to intensive conservation programs, while the American one is considered as an invasive.
pichu
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ok, i do have a list of the planned mix.
spinifex pigeon, black swan, royal spoonbill, and australian white ibis in with the wood ducks.
I see no problems here
Haliaeetus
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I would avoid it, given as the Anoas are aggressive animals, in risk to be killed or seriously wounded by the much larger Elephants.
Moreover, the Anoas are rare within zoos (except maybe in Indonesia and SE Asia?) and endangered in the wild, we couldn't suffer the death of even a few individuals.
And the two species don't share the same habitat in the wild.
An idea for a medium/large greenhouse with a larger amount of free-roamers, the greenhouse would be similar in size to the larger side of Rotterdam zoo's gelada complex (around 50x30 meters):
Galapagos giant tortoise
Desert iguana
Common chuckwalla
Baja California rock lizard
Desert horned lizard
Eastern casquehead iguana
Socorro dove
White-cheeked pintail
Hawaiian duck
Black-winged stilt
California quail
Indigo bunting
Mexican house finch
Saffron finch
Blue-backed grassquit
Northern cardinal
Purple honeycreeper
Does anyone see any problems with these species?
Galapagos giant tortoise
Desert iguana
Common chuckwalla
Baja California rock lizard
Desert horned lizard
Eastern casquehead iguana
Socorro dove
White-cheeked pintail
Hawaiian duck
Black-winged stilt
California quail
Indigo bunting
Mexican house finch
Saffron finch
Blue-backed grassquit
Northern cardinal
Purple honeycreeper
Does anyone see any problems with these species?
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Platypusboy
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The only problem I see with this idea is a geographical one, otherwise it seems fine. To my knowledge none of the birds or lizards are known to predate each other, or each others eggs.
Haliaeetus
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The Giant Tortoises may crush the Lizards and the land birds (Quails...).
Smaller tortoise or turtle species (as the Box Turtles, Desert Tortoises...) would be fitter for such an exhibit.
I know it sounds odd at first but it's actually Pacific coast exhibit. It began as Galapagos but there weren't enough available species so I decided on a merged Galapagos, Ecuador, Socorro, Hawaii & Baja California exhibit
I've seen giant tortoises and ground birds together before and there should be enough room for the lizards to flee to (with the design I have planned)
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